Updates On Some Pages

I know I'd been way longer than I said, but it couldn't really be helped with the holidays and with work. Yesterday was the first chance I actually got to work in my journal besides just placing the random line here and there.

I did manage to get a few things done. (by done, I mean I put something-anything on the page)

I put a simple border in watercolor crayon on this page which is still far from finished. I'm just simply not sure what I want to do with it at this stage in the game.

Here, I just outlined the word "Alive" and colored it in with yellow watercolor crayon in case I wanted to do anything with it later.

Again, I used watercolor crayons and actually used the waterbrush on them. I outlined the word "Breathe" as a simple reminder to myself.

Here, for some reason, I decided to jump to the end of the journal and start drawing flowers the way my cousin taught me to do so very long ago. Then I decided that I needed to honor the fact that it was the very last page.

Last night was a night of reflection and of cake liquor. I spent the most time on the last page and thinking. The words ring true and that's all I'll write on that lest a blog post turn into a journal entry.

More to come soon!!!

More Progress On My Two Page Spreads

I didn't have much time today. The weekends are always a terribly busy time, but I did want to include some kind of update on my work.

Now we see why not changing the past is important. I sometimes have to remind myself that I cannot and therefore, there is no use in dwelling on it.

I'm hoping keeping these journals, keeping this blog will further help me to heal. Perhaps I shall make a list of more rules for healing.

A friend said this to me the other day when I showed him the first page in my journal that had the words "Never Too Late". The words stuck with me so I decided to surprise him with a spread using them. It's far from done, especially the first page, but so far I am quite pleased with results and progress.

I need to find the cord to my camera so that I can take better and more detailed pictures. You can see a bit of the border on the second page at least and everything but part of an "e" on the first page.

More updates to follow though it may be Sunday or Monday before I get a chance to post again.

On Unfinished Two-Page Spreads

I managed to get a little done on my day off. I started the second page of a spread (first has not been started yet). The background was red gauche that i was playing with yesterday, but I deemed a plain red background with nothing on it as pretty uninteresting. The border is stolen from Zentangle and as of yet, unfinished as you can see.

Hmmm....So what is starting again. What exactly does this mean? Well, that's for me to know (assuming I do) and for you to find out.

The second is another gauche page that I did yesterday. The words were added today and are part of another two page spread. The second page in the spread is sponged gauche that I worked with today to see how light I could get it while still having it match the first page of the spread. I am pretty happy with the results. 

Words of Truth That We Should All Keep In The Back of Our Minds

More on this will come after I get at least the words onto the second page of the spread. 

All In A Day's Work

Today has been a busy day, what with working at my day time job, shopping for miscellaneous art supplies and actually working on some journal pages.

The Day's Score

I acquired some pockets and glued then into the backs of both visual journals that I'm using at the moment for ticket stubs, memorabilia, or whatever other things I decide to cut out and use. I bought some stickers, (just because they were pretty) glue sticks, modge podge, craft brushes, mini erasers and portable pencil sharpeners. I also went back later and got some gauche and a tiny portable palette to experiment and play with.

The Beginnings of my Test Page

The Page I Used To Clean Off My Mixing Tool

An Experiment Page With Mixing Gauche

Just Playing With Outlines

My Goodies

The Visual Alphabet is taken from Doodle Revolution by Sunni Brown and is based on the principle that everything can be drawn or doodled using those simple shapes and figures. It seemed like a good idea to put it in the other visual journal that I just started using.

That particular journal also hold the test page for most of my travel kit; some Prismacolor pens, Derwent watercolour pencils and my set of miniature colored pencils. I have another page with tests from my watercolor kit, but I'm not happy with the results and therefore not ready to post it.

The Visual Alphabet

It's Never Too Late For A New Start

I feel like the title of the post says it all. It's never too late for a new start...and it's not. No matter how broken you are, you can pick up the pieces and give yourself a fresh beginning. Sometimes, that's what it takes to be able to find yourself.

This blog is mainly about my journey through my art journal, through my various art works in general. It's about my life, my healing processes, my travels and how I manage to pull through it all. There will also be bits of jewelry making thrown into the mix at random as I make it.

I hope that any of you reading this will find something of yourselves within my pages.